THIRD TIBET ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE

Understanding Tibetan Plateau’s Ecological Roles and Relationship with Global Climate Change

(Three-Day International Virtual Conference)

25-27 June 2021

DAY – ONE

June 25, 2021 – Friday

 

Welcome Address

6:00 PM -6:05PM            Tenzin Lekshay, Director, Tibet Policy Institute, Central Tibetan Administration, India

 

Honorary Guest Speaker

6:05 PM – 6:15PM           Hon’ble Dana Balcarova, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Panel Discussion

Tibetan Plateau, Global Importance, Climate Change

Moderator

6:15 PM – 6:20 PM          Asher Minns, Executive Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK

Speakers

6:20 PM – 6:35PM           Dr. Martin Mills, Senior lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and the Director of Scottish Centre for Himalaya Research, Scotland

Climate Change on the Third Pole: Causes, Processes and Consequences

6:35PM – 6:50 PM           Prof. Paul Mayewski, Director and Professor of the Climate, Change Institute University of Maine, USA

The significance of glaciers in the Antarctic, Arctic and the Third Pole (Tibetan Plateau)

6:50PM -7:05PM             Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Environment & Development Desk, Tibet Policy Institute, India

Why climate change is more risky on the Tibetan Plateau

7:05PM-7:30PM              Q&A

 

DAY – TWO

June 26, 2021 – Saturday

Honorary Guest Speaker

6:00 PM – 6:10PM           Hon’ble Tim Loughton, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom

 

Panel Discussion

Trans-boundary Rivers – State of Rivers Originating from the Tibetan Plateau

Moderator

6:10 PM – 6:15PM           Dr. Lobsang Yangtso, Research and Campaign Assistant to Tibet Third Pole, International Tibet Network, India

Speakers

6:15 PM – 6:30PM           Prof. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India

The geo- political importance of the Tibetan rivers to South and Southeast Asia countries

6:30PM – 6:45PM            Dr. Brian Eyler, Senior Fellow and Director of Stimson’s Southeast Asia program, USA

State of Mekong Rivers and its implications for Southeast Asian region

6:45PM -7:00PM             Dechen Palmo, Research fellow, Tibet Policy Institute, CTA, India

China’s Dams and its possible implications for the riparian states

7:00PM – 7:10PM            Gidon Bromberg, Co-Founder and Israeli Director of EcoPeace Middle East, Israel

7:10PM-7:30PM              Q & A

 

DAY – THREE

June 27, 2021 – Sunday

Honorary Guest Speaker

6:00 PM – 6:10PM           Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, 37th throne holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, UN Global Mountain Partnership Ambassador

 

Panel Discussion

The Role of Human Rights in Environmental Conservation

Moderator

6:10 PM – 6:15PM           Dr. Tenzin Desal, Senior Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute, India

Speakers

6:15 PM – 6:30PM           Gabriel Laffite, Author and Tibet Environment Specialist, Australia

National Nature Parks in Tibet and its possible implications

6:30PM -6:45PM             Dr. Rajan Kotru, Lead Strategist, Redefined Sustainable Thinking, India

Ecosystem services emerging from Kailash Sacred Landscape (India-China-Nepal), its threats and recommendations for future

6:45PM -7:00PM             Yves Lador, Consultant, Representative of Earth Justice to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

The Role of Human Rights in Environment Conservation: The case of Human Rights and Environment in Tibet

7:00PM-7:25PM              Q & A

Closing Session

7:25PM – 7:30PM            Vote of Thanks by Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, Head of Environment & Development Desk, Tibet Policy Institute, CTA

 

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